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HE DORRANCE FAMILY 



IN THE UNITED STATES 



A PARTIAL RECORD. 



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PUBLISHED BY 
A. A. DORRANCE 
COLDWATER, MICH. 



PRESS OF 
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COLDWATER 



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THE DORRANCE FAMILY 



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THE DORRANCE FAMILY HISTORY. 



BY A. A. DORRANCE, COLDWATER. MICH. 



f (1(1 not lific altfiupl, cvt^u. to make a i-i'coid of the wholr ol' tlii.^ laiuilv 
in llic rnit(^d State.s. 1 have not the reeoi-ds to refer to. hut sucl) as we have 
is yiven herewith, more for the use and benefit of near j'elatives of ('apt. Geo. 
Dori-ance than otliei->. Other hranch(>s of the family may possibly find some 
liclji licre in tracini;- out our mutual aueestors. 

It is fomid that the Euro])ean history of the family by tlie name (d' 
I)'* >rrance ( now Dorrance) is not conlined to (ireat Britain. They seem to 
have been French Ffu<iuenots (Protestants), who escaped about I.")i)S fi-omtlieir 
native land Ix^cause of persc^cution lor adherence to their religious faith, 
'riu'ii' lii>i foreiiin home was Scotland. where the ap(isti-o])lie was dropped fi'om 
the name and its piesent sha])e assmiied. There are now also many of the name 
in the north of ir(dand. first >>'oin<i- tliere fi'om Scotland. There are still some 
of till' sanif name in Normandy and other i)ortions of France. It is ])robable 
that the Torrances of I'.ni^land and Scotland are also of tlie Dorrance family. 
Their moito in the family cicst is. ••! Saved the Iving'. "* The name (Trumbull) 
and ci-est ( i)ul] "s liead ) was iiixcn to a peasant whose name was Torrance. 
aiul alxi a pension for ha vim;- saved the kiiii.'' tVoin an attack li\ a furious 
bull as the kinj.;' was hunting one day. He seems to liave been the ancestor of 
the jji-eseni '!'i-iunbull faniilii'S. 



AMERICAN D()RRANCE5. 

IJkv. S.\Ml"i:i, l)()l!i;.\.\ti: wa- boni in Scotland. .\. I). It.s.",. He received 
the honors of the I'lnxcrsity of (Ihi.-iiow in IToil and was licensed to i)reach 
by the 1 'resbytery of Dubarton A. i ). 1711. lie emigrated to America about 
1720 in conipany with three brothers .lanie> l)ori-ance and wife and (ieorye 
and .bijin l)oi-rance and a few otliei- relatives, lie settled in A'oluntown 



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(now Sterling-). Windham County, Conn., and was pastor of the church there 
for neai'ly fifty years. Lamed 's History of Windham Co., Conn., is printed 
in two volumes, and thus refers to this pastorate, page 248: Samuel Dor- 
rance next appeared and gave such good satisfaction that he was invited in 
December to preach until the following May. Mr. Dorranee was a Scotch 
Presbyterian lately arrived from Ireland, a graduate of Glasgow University, 
and licensed to preach in 1711. Bringing with him satisfactory testimonials 
of his ministerial character and standing from several associations in Scot- 
land and Ireland. Farther acquaintance confirmed the favorable impression 
fir.st made by him. and April IT, 172;5, the Voluntown people met together to 
give him a formal call. They decided to give him a call in writing and give 
in their notes by subscription. Every man that was for "ye settlement," desir- 
ing to have their names entered to the following doucment: 

Page 24!): We, the inhabitants and proprietors of Voluntown, having, 
by ye providence of God, had for some considerable time, ye opportunity to 
experience your ministerial gifts and qualifications, by which we received 
such satisfaction, and are so well contented that it has pleased God to incline 
♦us to give you a call to settle with us in the work of the Gospel ministry, and 
in case of acceptance to give you sixty pounds a year for the present, and also 
fifty pounds in such species (ai^ticles) as may be suitable to promote your 
building or settlement. Ye town does give their free vote, that you shall have 
that lot laid out by the committee for the minister that should settle with us. 

[ Signed by thirty names. ] 

A negative vote was called for, but no one answered. 

On the same day a number of those present, as a special token of their 
good will for their prospective minister, offered the following free gifts over 
and above their equal proportion raised by the vote of the town: 

John Smith, five thousand shingles. 

Thomas Cole, three pounds money in shingle nails. 

John Gallup, five pounds in work. 

Robert Pai'ke. three pounds in boards and planks. 

Daniel Church, carting. 

Samuel Gallup, five pounds in money. 

Thomas Gallup, breaking up two acres of land. 

William Thomas, two hundred clapboards. 

.John Campbell, two hundred clapboards. 

I lobei't Jackson, one tliousand shingles. 

Saniue] (iallup, cow and calf. 

William Gallu)). ten shillings. 

Deac. Jacob Warren of Plainfield, two ])onnds ten. money. 

Daniel Dill. work. 



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A lli-r due ilclilxTjil ion. Me. I Joi'i'Jiix'r, willi Iniiiililf ili;iiil<-. iicrcpiiMl tin 



•all. 



Thr A^-.(ici;ii idii lia \in^' •■XMiniiicil l lie i-irdcni i;i U ol Mr. I )()ii;ii]rc. si^^iii- 
II»'(I III llif I'ommillci' their ;i ppi-oxa I ol' ilirii- clioicc and tlicir i-cadiin'ss to as- 
sist ill his rc'^^iilai' ami oidcrlv -.ell Itinciil . Tiic Assciiihiv liraiiiiil ilic usual 
lilicrty. and on < >i'tolii'i' !•"•. ITll.'I. a last was i\riii |)i(|>ai-aioi\ lo oi-diiiai itm. 

The llc\'. Ml-, ('(lit ol riainlii'M |ii-( achcil in llir nioniinv:. a I'ln- u hich >iicli 
as wfi'i' in lull ('011111111111011 ami clollicd with sal i->lacior\ tot iimuiia l--. "in or- 
dri- thai tlii\ iniLiht d i. -I infill i>li 1 hcnisci \cs IVoin liiTi'iiiv- and ollid' i-i-ronroiis 
pi-rsons."" signed the fhiirrii roll. 

Hffp foljowi-d aliout loll v naiiii's. ainoiiL; wliom wri-c .SainiKd |)oriam'('. 
.John I )o 11 an IT. ( icoi ;^f Horra nee. .1 oliii I )onancr. ■) 1.. a jso iclal i vrs of t ht-ii-s. 
Alcxandcf ( lordon and Itoliri-i (lonlon. who canu' to I his connl r,\ w it li tlicni. 

After some trials and troiildes. on paLj'e -'>'2 it is recorded that ■"liie eoiin- 
eil ju-onouin'ed tiie i-all sullicient. "" and oi'daiiied "Mr. I)orran<-e as inini>ter 
of Voluntdwn elnneli and township li.v prayer and hiyiny (in of hands."' 

Paye li'iS: 'I'lie \'(duntown ehiircli. after ii> orL;ani/.at ion. inorea.'spcl 
slroniily in iinnibers after the early jealousy of Mr. Dorrance. as a foreigner. 
Iiad subsided. He seemed to secure the jiood will and alleetion of his ]>eopie. 

Paye ."tOl : 'riie Kev. Mr. Dorranee was allowed ilietirst pew at tlie rii^lit 
baud of the ]uili)it. iiis iiiaiia.iiemenl of ehureli alTairs j^ave yood satisfai'tion 
and he was nnieli ies|)eeted by bis brethren in the niinisfry. "tbouLib bis Pres- 
liylerianism c.xrited some jealousy.'" 

Payf •")4n: [n ITdoMr. Dorranee ju-eai'hed a sermon upon "The Divine 
Authority of h'.lders. " their (lualilieat ions. etc.. aftei- wliirb tiie ehureh voted 
to remain Presliyterian rather than turn to the ( 'onorcojit ional system of Li'ov- 
ei-nuient. 

He oceupied tins jiuljiit from ITJ.'i to 1771 ineliisive. eont iniioiisly and re- 
tired witli a ])ensi()ii id' twenty-live pounds jier year, as lony as he livi'd. He 
died Nov. li". 177"'). ai:ed ninety years. 'The Providence ( la/etti^ eulogized hiiu 
as "a zealous contender for tlie failli once delivered to tbe saints, and an or- 
nament to tlie religion lie professed." .See \'ol. 2. paye (lit. Tbis reference to 
the Itev. Mr. l)orrance is made for the purpose of i;ivin<i' an idea id" tlie ster- 
linji" i|Ualities of the more recent settlers of .\ew {•',ii;;lanil. 'riiere seems to be 
no record of the descendants <d' Joliii and ( leoroe. ]\\^ broih«'r>. but at (he 
close of tliis nieujorandum will be found a partial history of the chililren of 
bis brotbi'i-. James Dorrance. 



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RECORD. 

August 1, 172(i. Rov. Samuel Dorrance was mari-ied by Rev. Joseph Coit 
of Plainfleld to Elizabeth Smith. Their children wei^e: 

Gershom, born May 24, 1727; died before his father: left heirs. 

Samuel, born August 21, 1729: died in childhood. 

John, born July 12, 1733; survived his father; left children. 

George, born March 4, 1736; Col. in Revolutionary army: killed at battle 
of Wyoming: left children. 

Susannah, born April 24, 173S: married Robt. Dixon of Sterling. 

Lemuel, born Oct. 10, 1740: lived in Voluntown: died in Rhode Island. 

Sarah, born 1742. No further record. 

James and Samuel, 2d. twins, born June 23, 1745. James lived in Brook- 
lyn, Conn.: left children. Samuel, 2d, lived in Coventry, R. I.: died Aug. 
31. 17!»2: left children. 

Elizabeth, wife and mother, died September 10. 17r)0. July 1, 1755, Mr. 
Dorrance married Mary, widow of Rev. John Owen, of Groton, Conn. Her 
first husband was Rev. Jas. Hillhouse of New London, Conn. 

One of the twin boys above mentioned, who lived in Coventry, R. I., and 
was born June 23, 1745, was the grandfather of the compiler hereof, and his 
branch of the family, so far as is possible, is what we are aiming at in this 
compilatiDU. 



SAMUEL DORRANCE, 2d. 

Saiiuu'l Don-mce. 2d. was a justice of the ])eace at Scituate, R. I., wlien 
the Revolutionary war broke out, and where lie left his wife and little son to 
join in the defense of his country. The colonies at the time had to organize 
militia and independent companies as best they could, to meet the invaders. 
From a letter written to his wife, dated Warwick, March 14, 1777, it appears 
that he was clerk of Capt. John Edwards' Alarm Co. stationed at W. D. War- 
ner's. He writes: "We live ])retty well for soldiers, and I am favored from 
har(ls]ii])s by serving as clerk of oui' Co." In another letter dated March 18: 
"Tlirough the blessing of Gorl f am quite well, and hope these lines will find 
VdU and little Uilly the same. I wish you could send me live or six dollars 
aiul somecolTee. ])utter and clieese if you luive an op])ortunity. Pound the 



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coffee readv lor us(\ No news todav. Take care that tli«' slicci) do not tjet in- 
to ilic i-yc, iioi' tlic lio^s into till' lields."' 
A list of tlie (Hunpaiiv lollows: 



HRMBERS OF COAIPANY. 



John Edwards. 1st Lictttcnant 
Peter Cook, Ensijjn 
Samuel r>orrance, Clerk 
Nathan Lovell, Sero-eaiit 
Job Wilber, 1st Corporal 
John Rice. 2nd Corporal 
.l(din I'liillips, Drummer 
William Tyler 
Jo.s^hua Kino- 
Daniel Weaver 
Squire Bncklen 
Stejjhen ("olorove 
Gideon Hurlinyame 
John Paine 
Isaac Medbui'v Jr. 
Mass .Maiiclicstcr 
Ste])1iii) Smitlisoii 
Jarc.l. i'hillips 
Darius Wliitmaii 
David iilackinaii 



Darnet Wood 
John Bates 
Constant Graves 
Resolved Matison 
George Kiny 
Georg-e Wilber 
Royal Mattison 
Thomas Taylor 
Joseph Rovind 
Hezekiah Carr 
Charles Hopkins 
Jesse Anjrel 
Samuel An<>el 
Barnerd Hopkins 
Jonathan Turtalot 
John Andrews 
.lolni Hound 
Sti'])hen (ioodsjiiM^d 
Sanniel Allsburv 



We have the original list as written by the comjjany clerk, a facsimile 
of which api)car> on ])ayi' U. 



An order drawn by Samuel Dorrance upon tlic riuaflcrmastci- for i)i'ovis- 
ions for the company, reads as follows: 

Mi{. (^)i'Ai!'i'Ki^M aster: 

Send provisions for thirty-one men lor four days, and wrckly allowance 
for the same in Capt. John Edwards' Alarm Company from Scituate. Hy his 
order and in his belialf. I sign. Samt'ki. Doni? axck. ('lei-k. 



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AVc re])r()du<'(\ below, a copy of the orioinal order: 




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We have many other lettei's IVom him to his wife, but will yive only one 
nioi'e. written after the elose of llu' war. as will be seen by the date. It is 
.niven as pul)lis]ied in a Cohlwater (Mich.) papei' in b'^S."): 

Mz\i;iETTA. Ohio. August IT. IT.'^'^. 
To Mrs. Anne l^orrance. Saybrook, Conn. 

Dear ^hidaui: It is witli the y-reatest ])leasnre 1hat I (-nihrace tliis o])]K)1'- 
tunity lo write to one ilial I e>ieeni af)o\'e all oiliers. May (bn] o-rani tliat 
these lines will lind you and all tlie little (lock that you have in yoiU' care en- 
joying- liie same measure of health tliat youi' son and \ do. 

r will now irive you an account of our mairJi on the road, wliich was Ioul;' 
and tedious. We liroke oni- axletree the second day: and tlien we went on. 
and stopped over Sunday at Newton. We met with no other misfortune initil 
we crossed the Delaware river, and then one of our horses got lame, wliic]) 
oblio-pfl us to lose two days more. After he I'ecovei'ed we nu)vt'd on a.ii'ain. Init 
the r;iiny weather made it difficult trave]in<j;-. So nmcli I'ain tell that tlu' roads 
were full as tyad as i evei' knew them to lie in the months ot March or April. 
Some days we inade six miles of om- journey, at other times ei<iht or ten 
miles a day. A.rtei" a time, to malce mattei's worse, the horse became lame 
ag'ain. and we had to lay by a wcelc. After lie li'oI better we waded tln-ouLih 
mini and niiic mitil we ai-rived at the M<]n<uiyahe!a river on the T.Hh of July. 
Tlie roads beinu' so vei-\ l>ad. v\c coneluiled lo liuild a boar to "O down tlie 



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river in, and we went to work accordingly. In one week we launched our 
boat and took on board our cargo, which consisted of horses and our house- 
hold furniture, for I sold the wagon for eight pounds and am to receive the 
pay next summer when I come on again. We went but a few miles in this 
way when Mr. Shipman took the horses on shore and went with them by 
land to Buffalo Creek, (which is about one hundred and fifty miles down the 
river) and Billy (the son) and I kept on in the boat, and in two or three days 
we arrived at Buff'alo Creek, where we found Shipman and the horses. We 
stayed there three days, awaiting Gen. Tupper's company, but were disap- 
pointed of it at last, for he concluded to wait for two wagons which were 
twenty miles back. He sent his horses down the Ohio by land, and I also 
thought best to send my horses in company with them. Billy chose to go 
with them, as there were some men going with Tupper's, for he had got tired 
of the boat. They started Tuesday at two o'clock a. m. Next morning Ship- 
man and I set off with the boat — as I would not wait long for company — and 
we ai'rived at the Muskingum river on Thursday before sundown. We had 
all the great men of the "city" to wait on us upon the banks of the river and 
welcome us to the "city." The seventh of August we arrived at the "city" of 
Marietta and received the welcome of all the citizens. That night I slept in 
the boat. Next morning we found three pigs had been added to our swine, the 
mother of which I had received in part jiay for my wagon. We have now 
taken up our lodgings with Capt Dana, and will store our things in his house 
until we can build one for ourselves. This afternoon Gen. Pearsons waited 
on me and showed me all parts of the famous city, and the next day I had my 
lot staked out, and which proves to be a very good one. It lays on what is 
called the half-square — on the northwest part of the city — each end of it butts 
on a street, and the south end of it fronts on the Muskingum river, within 
sixty yards of the river, and is all common-land, which is not to be improved, 
and about forty rods from the stockade or block-house. But I intend to bvxild 
on one side of the stockade square, for the present, and make a garden of the 
city lot. Everything appears to be as pleasant as I expected, but there was a 
cloud that hung over my head, for William had not arrived with the horses. 
I was in hopes he would come Sunday. I went to meeting and had the satis- 
faction of hearing a fine sermon; but my mind was often taken oft' in looking 
across the river, expecting the ai^rival of my son. He did not come until 
Wednesday. I was so much disturbed in mind about him that on Tuesday I 
went over the river to the Virginia side and hired a hunter that knew the 
woods for a ])ilot, for 1 had news of his being thirty miles up the river and 
out of i)iovisions. So T took four loaves of bread, some meat and a bottle of 



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rum and one ol' vvliiskcv. and inarclicd l lu'on^^li llir woods, as iIh'I-i- wci-f no 
iiorst's to be liad on tliat stdr oT the ii\('i'. So 1 inarelied on willi ni.\ jiiloi 
and had the satisfaction of meeting vour son licluie sunset that dav. Sncli 
feelings of joy T never expericm-cd before. 

The young- men were overjoyed tt) see me. We struck u\> a tii-e and had a 
fine supper. We encamped in tlie woods that ni<'ht and tlie next day we ar- 
rived in the city about noon, all sale and in health. Billy seems to be as 
hearty as an old soldier and the men with him said tliat he behaved like one. 
Stop! i must go to meetinfi', for this is Sunday work. As to a description of 
the country, I can gfive you but a faint idea of it as yet, because I have been 
obliofed to go to work and have not traveled about much. 1 can say this, 
however: I think it will be as i)leasant a place where the city is laid out as 
any in the known world. We have the Ohio river on ttie one side and the 
Muskinyum on the front. They are two as beautiful rivers as I ever saw, and 
they afford a variety of the best fish, which we can buy for two pence per 
pound. Venison sells for one copper per lb.. Hour for nine shillings per hun- 
dred. The situation of the "city!" (if it were once cleared) would a])pear the 
most like Saybrook Point of any place that I know of, for then we will have a 
fair view of both rivers. As for the land, it is the best that I ever stood upon. 
Land that w^as cleared last May now has corn growing- upon it, and it is the 
tallest I ever saw, measuring- fifteen feet and well set with ears. I think now. 
if my family were with me. I could maintain them better than in New England, 
even if I had to sujiport them by my trade. The land would hel]). as it pro- 
duces beyond all expectation. If I should tell you how thrifty all kinds of 
garden stuff' grows here, and that, too, on land that was only cleared last 
spring, you would hardly believe it. The garden doth flourish with all kinds 
of sauce equal to any in Saybrook, and not a garden here was ever ploughed, 
only with a hoe. Nothing great can be done in the w-ay of farming at present, 
for they have altered the plan of laying out the 80-acre lots, which makes the 
most of them quite a distance from the city. Some of them are fifteen miles 
off'. Mine is five miles up the Ohio river. The surveyors tell me it is excel- 
lent good — one piece being worth fiftV* poimd. Land is selling at thirty shil- 
lings per acre and city lots at nine pounds i)er lot. The three thousand acres 
of commons are laid out in three-acre lots. I have not had time as yet to go 
and see it. They tell me that it is hilly, but good land for wheat. What is 
called the "bottom lands" are too rich to grow wheat. It grows so rank that 
it will "iodge" and rot before it fills. The people that live on the Garrison 
side say that it must be planted four or five years with corn before it will 
bring wheat, as thev sav. T saw one field of wheat that I was told would have 



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twenty bushels per acre, and that the owner had sixteen crops in succession 
on that same lot of land, and that he never had enriched it. The land that 
lies on the river is most excellent, so far as I have seen it, and from the best 
account I can get from the hunters that know the country it is better than any 
I have yet seen, and in a general way a level country. 

Dear Madam: If you should want corn or anything else for your support 
during my absence, please call on Capt. Mitchell. He said to me that he 
would supply you with anything of the kind that you should want befoi-e I 
retuim, which will be as soon as I can make myself able, as my cash is gone. 
I have a prospect of getting some by making chairs. There is not one in the 
city, and I intend to get to work on them as soon as I have made my house. 
I shall be in a hurry to get home and settle my affairs, in order to move in 
the spring, for I think we may live here in safety in the pleasantest place in 
the world. The Indians are coming in to hold a treaty with us. They appear 
to be very friendly at present. If you meet them on the street it is, "How do 
you do, brothers." Thej' say that the head man of all the nations in the 
westei-n territories is coming to see us. 

The "city" has a hundred acres of corn planted in it, on land not plowed, 
and it will yield twenty bushels per acre, and not planted till June, and then 
among the girdled trees. 

My Dear Wife: Please to accept of my love and best wishes, and remem- 
ber me to all the boys and girls, not forgetting Lyda and all your mother's 
family and all inquiring friends. 

From your affectionate husband, 

Samuel Dorrance. 



Within the year Mr. Dorrance returned to Saybrook. leaving his son 
William in charge. After a time the son was missing and is supposed to 
have been killed by the Indians. He lost his life mysteriously and the father 
never I'eturned to Marietta. He died Aug. 31, 1792. His wife paid taxes on the 
land (117.3+ acres) until she died, July 1, 1832. The Hon. Edwin Bugbee, one 
of the heirs, as late as 1842, found the land was duly entered in the Ohio land 
office and was located in the counties of Washington, Hocking and Gallia. 
It was willed to the heirs of Samuel Dorrance and his wife, Anne Tully, who 
was appointed executrix of his will. The settlers on this real estate hold tax 
titles only, but that kind of title ought to be sufficient, having improved the 
land and paid taxes since 1832. No attempt should be made to oust them. 





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Sami^kt. Dorranoe 2d.- 

(liH'u wi't'c: 

NAMK. lt()l{\. 

William Dorranco. . Aii-^-. 14, 



-Man-ii'd Anne Tiillv Xov. l."i. ITTi!. 'i'iicir cliil 



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Marietta. l7Hi». 
.lost'])!! l)i)i ranee. . .Sept. 17, 1777. . . .Ksther Martin June •'), 

Samuel Dorianee. . . Jan. lo, 177!) Mary Pitman, Providence. .Feb. 12, 

Anne Dorrance Mai . 27. 1781 . . . .Nathan Bowen \.]n-. 2i», 

Sarah Dorranee Oct. 2(), 17S2 David Rrcwster Feb. 21. 

Tully Dorranee Sept. 18, 1784. . . . Sally F. Rhodes Nov 

Georufe Dorrance. . .Apr. 20, 1781) Ann Olney Warner Feb. 

Mary N. Dorrance. . Mar. .j, 1788 Julv 



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CAPT. QEO. DORRANCE. 

('APT. Geo. Dorrance, who was tlie seventh child of Samuel Dorrance 
2d. was born April 20, 1780. From such data as we have, it is quite evident 
that he lived at Taunton, Mass., when the last war (1812) with Great Britain 
threatened an outbreak. On pag^e 15 will be found a fac simile of a commis- 
sion as ensign issued to him iii 1811 by one of the signers of the Declaration 
of Independence — Gov. Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts. He was afterward 
])roiiioted to lieutenant and then to captain. His honorable discharge also ap- 
pears herewith. Theoriginal commissions and dischargee are now in the hands 



€oinmon\ucaltf) of iHassarfjuatttfi. 




THE Governor and Commander in 

Chief, has accepted the Resig^nation of Cr.^^t.^^^.e^ — ^ 
c^^ (J?Ot^v^^^^*^<^^^ — — — — ~ ' 

/rf the ^A^t^v^s^ _ Regiment of Infantry, in the </'-e-c-<?-?-'i-<*^ 
Brigade and/^^^?^^7 Divi<.ion of the Militia of this Common- 
wealth ; and he is hereby honorably discharged, at his own request, 
from the Otfice of Y?c^-r^^^^S^^yiy in the Regi- 
ment aforesaid. 

By Ilia Excellency' s Command, 

^ . ^/7ciJ^OTrf^y- Adjutant-General. 



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DORRANCE FAMILY HISTORY. 



of A. A. Dorrance of Coldwater, Mich. The New England States expected to 
stand the liriint of the war, but tiiey were so well guarded that England took 
the hint and landed in the vicinity of the capital at Washington. Commodore 
McDonough "done them up"' on Lake Champlain, so the land forces of Mas- 
sachusetts had no fighting to do. As will be observed by the following return 
issued by Capt. Dorrance, Feb. 12, 1813, they were ready for the enemy they 
expected to meet. Judging by the names, it must have taken all the young 
men in every family. 

ROLL OF CAPT. DORRANCE'S COMPANY. 



Cole Bullock 
Alanson D. Briggs 
Charles Briggs 
^Villiam Crossman 
William W. Crossman 
James W. Crossman 
Job Crossman, Jr. 
Jotham Colburn 
Allen Dean 
James Dean 
William Eddy 
Bar/.illia Eddy 
John Godfrey 
Benjamin Godfrey 
Ebenezer Leonard 
.Tosiah Lincoln 



William Lincoln 
Mordica Lincoln 
John Neal 
Caleb Porter 
David Reed 
Jonathan Reed 
Marshall Reed 
Rodger Reed 
Baylies Richmond 
David Shepherd 
Horace Seaver 
Uriah Thayer 
Elisha Padelford 
John Porter 
Charles Porter 
Wm. Haskins 



Captain Dorrance left Taunton, Mass., with wife and four small children 
and arrived in Western New York Jan. 8, 1820. He located where is now the 
village of Albion, Oi'leans County. The Erie canal was completed through 
Albion from Albany to Buffalo five years later. About 1850 the Rochester & 
Niagara Falls Railway was built, but up to the building of that road the only 
transportation for passengers or freight was by way of the canal. The follow- 
ing letter, written a year after his arrival in Albion, explains itself: 

Barre, January .31, 1821. 
Dear Sir: 1 can find no excuse for not writing sooner to you, other than 
a natural delay which I cannot overcome. Ink has been scarce with me, but I 
have found some physic pills in the house, that dissolved in vinegar make 
good ink, so that I sliall wi-itc more ofteil now. 



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We met witli no uncommon accident moving-. Arrived here on the 8th of 
January, 1820, beino- twenty-six days on the road. We found things neither 
handy nor cheap. Went into a hut that had been abandoned, build a lire on 
some stones in one corner, went seven bad road miles, paid elevan shilling's 
for fifty pounds of Indian meal — no flour or pork short of forty miles, to 
Rochest(-r. where it costs $10 per bari-el foi- liour, pork $30 per cwt., codfish 10 
cents ])er ]»()uii(l. ( 'hea]) livingl J could not sell my lK)rses for cash, so 
nithcr tluin have them starve, sold them for eighty-seven bushels of wheat and 
four hundred-vvt. of pork, to be paid after harvest. Wheat is fifty cents a 
bushel now and pork $(> per cwt. Times have changed. October last I moved 
into my new log house (east of Benton's Corners). We live quite comfort- 
ably now, seems like a palace compared to the old hut we first lived in. 

I sowed five acres of wheat and then went to Batavia to work at my trade 
(watchmaker), but I could not g-et money enough to pay board, so I returned 
home. 

In tlie s])ring we made 150 pounds of good sugar. ***** 
Februaiy -22 we had a little daughter born to us. We named her Hannah 
Waterman Dorrance. In April last I cut my foot and was laid up for six 
weeks, so I could plant no corn until so late we had no crop. My wheat was 
fairly good, but as I was harvesting, I was taken with fever, which confined 
me to the bed for six weeks. -Got better of the fever and was soon taken with 
fever and ague. I have done no work to mention since, but begin to feel bet- 
tei- now. The neighbors are very good, the country is settling fast and money 
is moi-e plenty. l)ut produce is cheap. The doctor comes to intei-rupt me with 
his bill, and I must stop to settle with him. Also, Mr. Pvockwood. who is to 
take this letter as far as Northampton, is waiting. 

To conclude, we are tolerably well settled here, and in good spirits. We 
wish to hear from you and my sister. Write as soon as you receive 
this, as thei-c will be a postoftice in this place before your letter arrives. I 
shall then write to mother, from whom, and brother William, I wish especially 
to hear. From your friend and brother, 

George Dorrance. 
To Mr. David ilrewstci'. Aslil'ord, Conn. To be sent to Mrs. Samuel Dor- 
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Ann()lney Warner was born May 2. ITitO. died in .Mldon.X. V.. April 2"). 1m:{,'). 
Tlu-ir t'hildren were: 

NAMK. BOKN. lHi:i). 

William lleniy Ddirance Vii^i". 11. 1«()!» )an. 2X, 1NS;5 

Oeoi-ii-.' Donanee. Jr Dee. 1^4. IMl Inly .!(). IS.V) 

iAllivd Hayliss Dorranee July liT. 1H14 

*Ann Warnei- Doi-rance Mar. 2S. jSKI Sept. 14, IWT 

*Hannah \Vatennan Dorranee Keh. l'2. ISJO Fob. 27, LS.'W 

*Klizal)eth Dorrance April 24, 1«22 1 une 20, ISafi 

^Samuel Tully Dorrance Feb. 3, 1824 Any. 19, 184(1 

Thomas Warner Dorrance Feb. 5, 182() Nov. U), \Hr,:i 

tAlberb Anson Don-anee Sei)t. s. 1827 

Mary ( Stoddard) Dorrance Sept. 1:5. 182!) \pi'il 2."). 1X!I7 

Joseph Dorrance Nov. 2:5. 18:U .May 1 1 . ISHO 

t Living- near Vicksburg, Mich. 

* Not married. The others left children. excpi)t (ieorge. .]\\. who was 
married to Miss Cordelia VanEppse. 

X Compiler of these notes: liviny at Coldwater. Mich. 

William Henry Dorrance married Miss Julia A. Baldwin, who died lie- 
fore he did. Tlieir children are as follows: Di-. Wm. H. Dorram-e. Jr.. 
Juliet B. Dorrance, George T. Dorrance, Mary Dorrance. Frank C. Dorrance, 
Silas Fish Dorrance, Ada Dorrance. 

Alfred B. Dorrance married Lucinda Stone. Their children: Jose])!). 
Matilda, Mary J.. Jay A. B.. Delia D.. George T.. Wirt. Ksther H., 
Frank B. S., Helen Juliet, Chas. Kdgar. Alfred A. ami Almos A. (twins): 
and William H. Doi'rance. 

Thos. W. Dorrance was twice married. Child by his first wife, Mrs. Sol- 
omon Pease, of Uockford. near Cleveland, f). His second and only other 
child is Henry L. Doi-rance of Michigan. 

Albei'l A. Doi'rance mari-ied .fuliet S. Gregory of .Millville. N. V.. who 
died June 7. 1898. Their childi-en are: 

.Mary Juliet, who niarriinl W. S. Hawley. They have two children— 
F,dith A. and Wm. D.. both nuirried. 

rialph (!reg()ry Dorrance is the second child of .V. A. Dorrance. He re- 
sides, and is in business in Chicago. 111. Not married. 

Albert Julius Dorrance is the second son and is in the drug business at 
Coldwater, Mich. He nuirried Miss Annie J. Williams in IWm. Theii- chil- 
dren are: Francis Williams Doi-i-ance, Mary Juliet. .Vlbert Anson. Laviiia 
Catherine, and Elsie Dorrance. 



18 DOURANCE FAMILY HISTORY 



Mary (Stoddard) Dorrance married Silas Fish of New York City. Left 
three children: Miss Julia M. Fish and Miss Fannie D. Fish of Brooklyn, 
N. Y., and E^li/abeth Dorrance Fish. The last named married P. Gordon 
Reid of Philadelphia, Pa. 



Joseph Dorrance, younuest son of ( "apt. Dorrance, served continuously as 
a United States volunteer in the late war with the Southern States, from the 
first battle of Bull Run to Gen. Lee's surrender to Grant. His battles and 
skirmishes were numerous. His wife was Miss Eliza A. Tinkham of Albion, 
N. Y. Their children were: Annie B. Dorrance, Wilson Tully, Jane E., 
Charles S., George A., and Mettle A. Dorrance. 

Of the above children, Annie B. married Geo. Easton. There was born 
to them one daughter — Grace A., whose first husband was Reuben Naugle, 
and to them was also born a daughter, Erna. 

The children of Wilson T. are Ward Elton, James Earl, Joseph Roy, Ina 
Eliza. Charles Albert, Kirk Wilson and Florence Alberta Dorrance. 

Charles G. Dorrance of Baltimore, Md., has one living child — Bessie Fay 
Dorrance. 

Mettle A. Dorrance, youngest daughter of Joseph Dorrance, died in the 
year 1900, leaving a son — Chas. D. Todd, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

The foregoing is a record of the descendants of Capt. George Dorrance, 
son of Samuel Dorrance 2d, brought to a late date. 






TULLY DORRANCE. 

With tlie exception of Tully Dorrance, the next older brother of Captain 
Dorrance, this comyjiler has no record of the children of Samuel Dorrance 2d. 
Tully married Sallie F. Rhodes. Their children were: 

.Tames R. Dorrance, born Nov. ."}, 1814: .one child. 

Annie Tully Dorrance, born Dec. 27. 1822; married Mr. Thompson: six 
children. 

John Rice Dorrance, born Ai)ril 27, 1827: no children. 

Mary S. Doi-rance, born Oct. ."{, 1829: unmarried. 

William Tully Dorrance, born Sept. 17, 18;J8: one child. 

So far as can be learned, the children of the family of Samuel Dorrance 2d 
wei-e residents at one time as follows: William, Marietta, O.: Joseph, Ver- 
mont: Samuel. I'l'ovidcnce: Mrs. Anne Bowen. Coventrv: Mrs. Sarah Brews- 



DORRANOE FAMILY HISTORY. li» 

ter, Malone, N. Y.: Tully Dorrance, Providence: George Dorrance, Albion, 
N. Y.: Mary Naney, Providence; John and Betsy (twins), the first died in 
chihlhood: Mrs Betsy Bugbee lived in KilinjJ:ly, Conn., left children: Henry 

Stci'liui;- DoiTancc died in I'liililliodd. 



COL. GEO. DORRANCE. 

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Col. Geo. Dorrance was the foiuth son of llev. Samuel Doirance, born 
17.3(>. and was killed at the massacre of Wyoming, I'a., during the Revolu- 
tionary war. He seems to have been in command of Ft. Forty. The fort was 
attacked by the English and their Indian allies in overwhelming numbers. 

Following is an extract from the address at the Wyorainjj monument, July 
3. 1878, on the one hundredth anniversary of the battle and massacre of Wy- 
oming: 

July .). 1778, Col. Dorrance fell severely wounded while riding along the 
line, gallantly laboring in a vain attempt to rally his men. All who had 
not been able to fly, except Col. Dorrance, were put to death and scalped. 
The wounded were killed where they lay, or were dragged to the l)urning fort 
and thrown upon the fire, pierced and held on with spears. * * * * 
The story of the sad fate of Col. Dorrance remains to be told. On the 4th, as 
the victors were moving down to Fort Forty to avail themselves of the full 
fruits of their victory, the captors of Col. Dorrance (two Indians) started to 
take liiin down to that post. Being an ottieer of prominence, dressed in a new 
uniform, with new sword and equipments, he had been spared when the slaugh- 
ter of the wounded on tlie battlefield had taken place, under the idea that more 
could be obtained for his ransom than could be made from his slaughter. 
About a mile from the field he became exhausted and was unable to proceed 
further. What to do with him was a matter of pressing inquiry with the sav- 
ages. To I'emain where they were and take care of their prisoner was out of 
the question. Stepping aside, they held a short consultation. When the In- 
dians returned to Col. Dorrance, one of them demanded his sword, which he 
I'efused to deliver up. Thereupon the Indian grabbed it by the scabbard and 
attempted to wrest it from him. The Colonel held onto it by the handle. 
The Indian, seeing he was not getting the sword, grabbed the blade and in the 
struggle his liand was severely cut. The otlier Indian then came to his assist- 
ance, forced the sword from the Colonel and witli it cut ott his head, one 
taking his scalp and sword, the othei- his coat and <'ocked hat with feather. 
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their victim, and thus proceeded to the fort with his companion. Gaily and 
proudly he strutted aVjout and throuo-h the fort, before, as he supposed, an 
admirino- audience. He took particular pains to exhibit himself to Mrs. Dor- 
rance, who sat gTieviny over the Sad fate of her husband. 



MEMORANDUn. 

• 

'Hip late Hon. l-'.dwin Buu'bee of Putnam, Conn., writes that John Dor- 
ranee, one of the emijiTants to this country, died in 17o2. af>-ed 81 years. He 
was not niarriiHl. He says, further, that there were two George Dorrances 
with them, and that they all located on the border line of Connecticut and 
Rhode Island. One of them left children. 

March l.'J. 1899, he also writes: "Have you anythinii' relating- to Aofnes 
Alexander, who became the wife of oui- j>reat-o'randfather, Samuel? * * 
I have recently learned that she was a descendant of Sir William Alexander, 
Earl of Sterlinjo-, etc.. etc. You know the name Sterling has been perpetuated 
in the Dorrance fEtaiily. When I was a very small boy I remember seeing 
Uncle Alexander." Now most of this information came by way of his and my 
aunt, Mary Dorrance, after she had reached a good old age. and is not very 
reliable. The "Uncle Alex" referred to was probably Alexander Tully, a 
bi'Other of his grandmother, who was the wife of Samuel Dorrance 2d. These 
statements are given for what they are worth. 

Sterling Hill (Ct.) Cemetery formerly owned by the Dorrances was given 
by them to the town. The same old aunt that furnished the above information 
copied from tlic tombstones tlie following. Some of the dates are quite dim 
and may \n^ wrong: 

George Dorrance, died Sept. 22. 1T.")4. Aged 79. 
Margei'y. his wife, died A])ril 24. ITaii. Aged 81. 

James Dorrance, died March 12. 1799. Aged 9(). 
Klizabeth. his wife, died June 7, 1777. 

Major (Jeorge Doi-rance, died Jan.. 182(). Aged 77 years. 
Susan, his wile, died Aug 2."). 1S;{4. Aged 84 years. 

.lolin Don-ancc. died 1782. Aged 81 years. 

San}utl Doirani'i' was born June 2;{, 174"). Died Aug. M, 1792. 
From .stern integrity he never swerved, 
He honored openly the (iod lie served. 
To us who mourn he hath exain])le given. 
.Made straiglit the path and road that leads to Heaven. 



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Tn nu'iiiory of Mi-. Samuel Dorrancc, wtio diod Fol). 7, ITii."). in the 

.'{Otli year of liis aji'e. 

In memory of Ag"nes, ye l)eloved wife of Mr. Sainuel Dorrancc, 

who died Nov. ."JO. 17T(i. in tiie .").'?(1 year of lier a^j'e. 

"Slie in lier youtli made elioiee of ('lirist. " 

These it(>ins are furnished here, so that in ease any of the Doi'rances 
should visit Connecticut or Providence, 11. T.. they niiyht feel interest enouy-h 
to visit tlie ])lace. 

Note. — The question of Mr. Edwin Bugbee, asked on pag:e20, as to "Aj>nes 
Alexander, who became the wife of our great-grandfather, Samuel Doi-- 
rance:" Evidently he did not get the right Samuel for his great-grandfather. 
It will be noticed among the preceding inscriptions she was the wife of Samuel 
Dorrance, who died Feb. 7, 1765, and her death took place in 1776. They left 
children. 

It is quite singular to find so many Samuels and Georges, Elizabeths, , 
etc., as we have here. These repetitions are confusing and make it difficult to 
trace a genealogy exact in all respects. And again, the families were not 
careful to keep records. It might as well be said here, that these notes are 
not printed with a view to furnish evidence for the societies known as the Sons 
or Daughters of the American Revolution. An aristocracy should not be en- 
couraged in this country. No other nation evei' existed, so free, so happy 
and prosperous. May it flourish forever, with favors to no class and ])reiu- 
dice to none. Let us keep it a heritage of a free people, won by the valor of 
our forefathers, and the plan of government established by their sagacious 
statesmanship, forever intact. At this writing (the beginning of the Twen- 
tieth Century ) it has grown to be the largest, richest and most powerful civ- 
ilized nation in existence. Mav it still advance. 



JAMES DORRANCE. 

('hildren and grandchildren of James Dorranee. a V)rothei'of llev. Samuel 
Dorrance: 

John Dorranee had one child. Hannah, wlio was mari-ied to Ziba C'oman. 
father of Lucien D. Coman, for many years a wholesale grocer in New Ynvk 
Citv. John died when Hannah was about two vears old. 



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DORRANCE FAMILY HISTORY 



George Dorrance's children were, Trumbull, (father of the late John L. 
Dorrance). Mrs. Thomas, James Dorrance, Mrs. Wm. Welch and others. 

Samuel Dorrance married Rebecca Gordon; born Aug. 3, 1743, died Nov. 
3, 18.38. (!>.") years old. ) Their children were: 



NAME. 



BORN. 



DIED. 



Gordon (clero-yman ) Aug. 1, 17(i5 Attica. May 18, 1846 

(His son. Dr. Gordon Dorrance, has since died at same place.) 



Alexander Dec. 



1776. 



Jane (Mrs. Mosely) Feb. 12, 1769. 

James (physician) Jan. 14, 1771. 

Sarah Dec. 2, 1772. . 

Samuel 1st Jan. 7, 177."). . 

John 1st Nov. 16. 1776. 

John 2d, physician ) 



.Oct. 

.Jan. 

Jan. 

.Mar 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 



Samuel 2d. teacher S 

Olive ( Mrs. Day ) May 4, 1780. 

Mary (Mrs. Williams) May 5, 1782. 



twins. June 19, 1778, - p t. 



May 

June 

Daniel (bachelor) Jan. 16, 1786 Nov. 



27, 1801 

3, 1810 

23, 1861 

. 2, 1802 

29, 1777 

10, 1777 

11, 1857 
22, 1866 

30, 1835 

16, 1866 

17, 1810 



John Dorrance, physician, settled in Petersboro. N. Y., in 1806. Married 
Mary Thompson in 1810. Their children were: 



NAME. 



BORN. 



DIED. 



Daniel Gordon Dorrance March 13, 1811 Mar. 26, 1896, Oneida 

Gastle. N. Y. 

William Dec. 2, 1812 Feb. 12, 1857 

Mary Nov. 12, 1814 

Louisa Sept. 20, 181() 

Sarah Aug. 22, 1819 

John Feb. 11, 1822 

Elizabeth : Sept. 4, 1824 



Rev. (Jordon Dorrance was settled in Windsor, Berkshire County, Mass., 
for nearly titty years. Mai^ried Hannah Morgan for his lirst wife and Olive 
Tyler for his second wife. One child born Nov. 23, 1799: Gardner Dorrance, 
a physician, settled at Amherst, Mass., and afterward at Attica, N. Y. Died 
about 1784. His wife was Miss .Juliet Lee. 



The above record was lurnislied by J. G. Dorrance, president of the First 
National Hank of Camden, N. V., May 11. 18117. He was the son of D. G. 
Dorrance Esq., of Oneida Casth\ N. Y., who died March 2(i. 189(i. 



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THE TULLY FAHILY. 

Tlu' 'I'lilly laiuily records are quite complete, and since Anne 'I'ully was 
tlu' wile of Samuel Doi'rance 2d and the mothrr of clrvrn cliildi-cii and nu- 
merous y-randcliildicn beai'lnu' tlie namt' of Dorriiiu'e. a short mention <)f her 
family may he in order. 

It is a well-known Kni>-lish name. Robert Tully lived in the city of Glou- 
cester, at a very early date. The famous church of that city with its "yreat 
and stately tower, " was desifjned by Albert Seabroke, but dyinjj-, he left his 
unfinished w'ork to Robert Tully, a monk of the place. The inscription under 
the arch of the tower mentions this fact. Tlie family, as it multii)lied in the 
"Northern Country" seemed to take great delight in all the learned profes- 
sions — authors, physicians, preachers and educators being numerous among 
them. ,Tohn Tully of Horley, England, married Sarah Fenner. To tliem were 
born two children, John Tully, 1G38, and Sarah Tully. boi-n Sept. 27. li"4(). 
The father a short time later died, and the mother, with her children and in 
company with her brothers, Arthur and Wm. Fenner, came to New England, 
her brother John having preceded her to Saybrook, Conn., where Mrs. Tully 
and her children settled. This was in 1(54". Her second husband was Robert 
Say of Saybrook. The son married Mary Beaumont and the daughter mar- 
ried a Mr. Denison. This John Tully is the progenitor of the New England 
families by that name. He was the father of ten children. He inherited ])i-op- 
erty from England, but almost wholly supported his family by teaching 
arithmetic, navigation and astrononly. He also furnished New lOngland with 
almanacs from KiSl to 1702, the last of which was published in Boston after 
his death. His "learning" was looked upon in those days as something won- 
derful. And now, although three generations have passed, we find the Tully 
family still inclined toward scholarship. In the preface of Webster's large 
dictionary, issued in 1847, is the following acknowledgment: "'In the depart- 
ments of botany, anatomy, physiology, medicine, and in some branches of 
natural history. Dr. Webster received assistance, in the version of 184<i. as 
mentioned above, from Dr. Wm. Ttt.lv. late professor in the medical insti- 
tution of Yale College. Still further aid has been received from the same 
source in the present revision, and much of the accuracy of this work in these 
branches will be found owing to the valuable assistance he has thus alVorded." 
He was born in US') and died in 1S.")!I. He was appointed to the chair of Ma- 
teria Medica at Yale in 1820 and resigned in 1842. He was graduat*>d at ^'ale 
in 1807. In a long letter to the writer hnreof. dated Feb. 12. ls.".:5. lie writes: 



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••^■(•iir- futluM-. ("apt. (iei). DorniDcc, was my liist cousin. Iliad eleven cou- 
I). sins \n that natiH'. and tliey were all veiv dcai- to me. Most of them are now 

dead. Von have inanv relatives by the name of Tully, though I am the near- 
est. I should lie e.xeeedinyly fjlad to see you at my house. It is quite likely 
•*• I »'an tell you more of your own faiuily than you now know." If the contem- 

|»lat«'d visit had heen made it is (Hiite likely this short aecount would hav€ 
IxM'n more «'oniplct<'. 

In eonelusioM I may say iliat many of the old papers in my hands were 
Al furnished hy my father's sistt'r. the late Miss Mary Dorrance of Providence, 

II. I. She sent them to me a few years before she died. My nephew, Silas 
' Fish Dorranee of New York, has also given much attention to the subject and 

^y has furnished reliable information in the matter. Being well advanced in years 

Jo myself. I have thought proi)er to give my relatives such evidence as I have, 

•'•• without delay, and let others comi)lete the work I have left undone. 

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